Garment bag support



May 19, 1931.

I IIH F. A. CINADR GARMENT BAG surrom' I Filed Feb. 21, 19:50

FYPAN/f O/VADE INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented May 19, 1931 UNITED STATES FRANK'A.CI1\TADR, ornounromrnxas GARMENT BAG surron'iy Application filed February 21, 1930. Serial No. 430,346.

This invention relates to supports of a type designed for use in tailor and pressing andv cleaning establishments.

One of the principal objects of the inven tion contemplates the provision and arrangement of a retaining element for a bag or covering upon the form of support.

An additional object of the invention consists of a connecting element upon the support for engagement with a coat hanger whereby the bag or covering maybe subsequently released and passed over, about and around the article of clothing supported by the coat hanger.

More specifically stated the retaining element is sprung at one end against the support proper to yieldingly maintain the bag or covering in a position elevated from the article of clothing.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further consists of the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the initial stage in the association of a bag or covering with the support.

Figure 4 discloses the next two steps or stages, that is, the maintenance of the bag or covering in an elevated position and the hanging of a garment upon the support beneath the mouth or open end of the bag.

Figure 5 is illustrative of the final step, stage or process in the covering of the cleaned garment ready for delivery,

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates generally the present form of support which may be in the nature of a rod, bar or other construction andof elongated formation and small enough to be readily projected through the usual hanger hook opening in the customary forms of garment bags. The support is provided with an opening 11 within the uppermost end thereof for the accommodation of a hook, nail, or other fastening element, not shown, anywhere from five'to six feet from a floor level. The retaining element, alluded to in the foregoing, and

as indicated-at 12, is necessarily of weaker construction than the support 10 proper in order that thelower downwardly and outwardly curvedportion 13 thereof ma be sprung against the adjacent surface of the support The uppermost end of the spring tensioned retaining element 12 is inwardly, upwardly and obliquely disposed, as at 14,1;0- ward the support and which subsequently terminates to provide an attaching car 15 rigidly secured to the support in the manner as best illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings. The upwardly, inwardly and obliquely disposed distorted portion of the retaining element 12 serves the combined purpose of spacing the support and retaining element and also to exercise the desired tension at the point 13 against the support and garment bag to maintain same in the elevated position shown in Figure 4 of the drawings. A hook, such as indicated at 16, is carried upon the support 10 below the downwardly and outwardly curved extremity of the retaining element.

After the support has been suitably anchored in position, a garment bag of the conventional form, indicated as at B, having an opening 17 in the upper closed end thereof for the accommodation and projection of a clothes hanger hook therethrough, is utilized for the purpose of inserting the lowermost hook equipped end of the support in the manner shown in Figure 3 of the drawing. The outer surface or wall'of the bag is then inserted or interposed between the frictionally engaged surfaces of the support and retaining element and sliding upwardly therebetween to occupy a position equivalent to that shown in Figure 4. A garment after being cleansed has the hookof the garment support therefor suitably connected with the hook 16 and from which position said garment is to be suspended un til the final stage or process inthe covering of the garment is carried out. This final step shoWn in completion in Figure 5 merely requires that the bag be retracted from the Figure 4 position to occupy one similar to that of the one shown in Figure 3, that is, the garment and bag will be telescopically associated and in such state that the garment can be delivered without spotting irrespective of Weather conditions during transit.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall Within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed An article of manufacture comprising a laundry bag support, a retaining element relatively long throughout the major portion of its length upon the support for sustaining the bag in an elevated position, and a garment supporting hook carried by the support beneath the bag opening and retaining element to facilitate telescopic association of the garment and bag.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANK A. CINADR. 

